Explanation:
How can you wash your hair in space -- without
gravity?
Long a bother for space-faring astronauts,
Karen Nyberg, a
flight engineer on the
International Space Station (ISS) in 2013, gave a tutorial.
Key components are a squirt package of water, no-rinse
shampoo, and vigorous use of a
towel
and comb.
Even so, the
featured video shows that the whole process should take only a few minutes.
Residual water will eventually
evaporate from your
hair,
be captured by the space station's air conditioning system, and be purified into
drinking water.
After returning from a total of 180 days in space,
Nyberg has worked for NASA in several capacities including as the Chief of
Robotics branch.